Basic HTML version of Foils prepared April 15 1997 
| The ASP files also contain ODBC connection information to connect to an ODBC data source (Access database). The connection information includes the data source name, and user name and password (if user-level security is needed). |
| After the database has been published, the IIS, upon request from the web browser, runs the VBScript code, calls the ActiveX Server Controls, opens the Access database, runs the queries present in the ASP files to access the data, merges the results and HTML tags in the ASP file into one file and then sends it back to the browser for display as a Web page. |
| The adjoining figure shows the components for connecting to databases from Peer Web Services. |